Lance Robert Justice, 27, faces a charge of aggravated child abuse and was held on a $250,000 bail Tuesday.

Justice's relationship to the baby wasn't made public to protect the identity of the child.

The infant's injuries included the skull fracture, a bite mark on his right forearm, bruising to his left eye, and swelling on the right side of his head.

Justice had allegedly told a detective he would be available to take a lie detector test to explain the toddler's injuries – then disappeared.

But the six-foot, 225-pound Justice wasn't missing for long. Detectives obtained his cell phone records and tracked his phone to a West Palm Beach location just after midnight on Monday.

He was brought into custody under the Florida Mental Health Act, also known as the Baker Act, which allows for someone to be held for up to 72 hours to undergo a mental health evaluation.

Those who know Justice told detectives that he has a "short fuse with certain things," according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report.

The infant, who was listed in stable condition, was examined in the trauma unit of St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach on Saturday, the arrest report said.

Doctors believed the child was a victim of "inflicted injuries and abuse."

Concerns were also heightened because the toddler had suffered a broken thigh bone and four fractured ribs while under Justice's care in the past, the arrest report said.

At the hospital, medical staff and detectives talked to Justice. Asked about the skull fracture, Justice said the child fell out of a bed.

On Friday night, Justice had been with family at his sister's house in the 100 block of Meadow Woode Drive in Royal Palm Beach, deputies said.

Some of the other adults went out for a couple hours, leaving Justice behind to watch the kids.

The next morning, the baby's injuries were apparent. A bruise near his ear was growing. He was taken to the hospital.

On Sunday morning, Justice's sister called the detective to tell him that her brother hadn't been seen in a few hours.

Family members feared that Justice was suicidal and had a handgun on him, according to the arrest report.

Later that day, Justice would change his story, deputies said.

"(Justice) now stated that he was extremely drunk when he was at his sister's home and 'blacked out,'" the arrest report said. "(Justice) did not remember much about the night and did not know what happened to (the baby)."

Justice has eight prior arrests in Florida on offenses ranging from marijuana possession to misdemeanor battery, according to state records.